Amazon to Sell Vega Biofuels “Big Bag of Biochar” New Package Design a Result of Interest From Online Retail Market
Norcross, Georgia – November 17, 2017, Vega Biofuels, Inc. (OTCPink: VGPR) announced today that as a result of interest from online retail outlets, the Company has designed the “Big Bag of Biochar”. The Company has entered into an agreement with Amazon to market the one cubic foot bags on its website, amazon.com. The new packaging is currently in production and Vega Biofuels plans to have the product available online in January.
Vega Biofuels recently announced that it has entered into a five year Reseller Agreement to provide the Company’s Biochar to legal cannabis growers in Alaska. Large growers will still purchase the product in super sacks that ship on pallets via common carrier. New legislation in Alaska allows every resident to grow cannabis plants in their own home. By making our Biochar available on Amazon, these home growers will have access to the same super soil enhancement that the larger commercial growers use.
Biochar is a highly absorbent specially designed charcoal-type product primarily used as a soil enhancement for the agricultural industry to significantly increase crop yields. Biochar offers a powerfully simple solution to some of today’s most urgent environmental concerns. The production of Biochar for carbon sequestration in the soil is a carbon-negative process. Biochar is made from timber waste using torrefaction technology and the Company’s patent pending manufacturing machine. When put back into the soil, Biochar can stabilize the carbon in the soil for hundreds of years. The introduction of Biochar into soil is not like applying fertilizer; it is the beginning of a process. Most of the benefit is achieved through microbes and fungi. They colonize its massive surface area and integrate into the char and the surrounding soil, dramatically increasing the soil’s ability to nurture plant growth and provide increased crop yield.
“This is a very big step for our Company,” stated Michael K. Molen, Chairman/CEO of Vega Biofuels, Inc. “Our original plan was to market the Biochar in five gallon buckets, but after negotiations with national shipping companies, we determined the bags would be cheaper to ship in small quantities. We have received a lot of interest from growers wanting to purchase our Biochar online. We felt the deal with Amazon is a better solution than building our own e commerce site. We will also continue to market the product through reseller agreements, but there is something to be said for selling on the world’s largest online retail platform. We are proud to have our Biochar sold through Amazon. Our resellers will continue to market the product primarily to large legal cannabis growers throughout the country. However, Biochar is not just for the cannabis market. When mixed with normal soil, our Biochar product provides the perfect environment for any agricultural crop. Biochar holds valuable nutrients in the soil instead of washing them away when watering, and then releases the nutrients as the plant grows, thus increasing the plant’s yield.”
Biochar can improve water quality, reduce soil emissions of greenhouse gases, reduce nutrient leaching, reduce soil acidity, and reduce irrigation and fertilizer requirements. Biochar was also found under certain circumstances to induce plant systemic responses to foliar fungal diseases and to improve plant responses to diseases caused by soil-borne pathogens. The various impacts of Biochar can be dependent on the properties of the Biochar, as well as the amount applied. Biochar impact may depend on regional conditions including soil type, soil condition (depleted or healthy), temperature, and humidity. Modest additions of Biochar to soil reduces nitrous oxide N2O emissions by up to 80% and eliminates methane emissions, which are both more potent greenhouse gases than CO2.
